# Intellectual Partnership Makes Hypotheses Safe by Bryant McGill > “The best intellectual partner is not someone you debate but someone you explore ideas with, the way two people might enjoy a game of chess. That kind of partnership works only when both people agree that a statement made while testing an idea is a hypothesis, not a confession, and that either person may change their mind without being punished for it.” > **— Bryant McGill**, *Argumentation as a Way to Discover What You Think - Livestream (Dec 2017)* ## Sources and Context - **Source:** [[livestreams/Argumentation as a Way to Discover What You Think - Livestream|Argumentation as a Way to Discover What You Think - Livestream]] — exact quotation from the dated developed livestream document (2017-12-02). ## Related Articles and Collections - **Collection:** [[collections/Simple Reminders|Simple Reminders]] - **Article:** [[articles/Digital Darwinism and the Invisible World of Machine Evolution|Digital Darwinism and the Invisible World of Machine Evolution]] - **Article:** [[articles/simple reminders/Your Future Begins with Your Next Thought|Your Future Begins with Your Next Thought]] - **Livestream:** [[livestreams/Argumentation as a Way to Discover What You Think - Livestream|Argumentation as a Way to Discover What You Think - Livestream]] ## Related Topics - [[wiki/Intellectual Partnership|Intellectual Partnership]] ## Share on Social Media ``` “The best intellectual partner is not someone you debate but someone you explore ideas with, the way two people might enjoy a game of chess. That kind of partnership works only when both people agree that a statement made while testing an idea is a hypothesis, not a confession, and that either person may change their mind without being punished for it.” — Bryant McGill, Argumentation as a Way to Discover What You Think - Livestream (Dec 2017) https://bryantmcgill.com/simple-reminders-bryant-mcgill-intellectual-partnership-hypotheses-safe ```